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Kekai

boy name
Origin
Hawaiian
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

the sea

How popular is Kekai around the world?

In the United States, 5 babies were named Kekai between 2020 and 2025.

Kekai is on the official records of the United States.

United States

1 in 4.4M

In the United States, 5 babies were named Kekai between 2020 and 2025.

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kekai has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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